Leicester City are leaning on their home fans to support them to win this fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Who will win at King Power Stadium?
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester City's results here at King Power Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. It's trouble wherever Leicester City are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager Smith led his Leicester to a defeat away at Manchester City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at King Power Stadium. The striker Iheanacho was declared "man of the match" for Leicester City with a rating of 7.62/10. Iheanacho scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Leicester lost 0-1 at home to AFC Bournemouth.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leicester City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 3.
The manager Smith will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leeds United in only three days.
Leicester City has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leicester have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
There's been little loot from Wolverhampton Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jose Pedro Malheiro de Sa. It's been 232 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Impressive finishing from Hwang and Costa secured the home win 2-0 against Brentford in their previous game. Attacker Costa got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Costa scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that, Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a home win against Chelsea with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wolverhampton Wanderers playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crystal Palace in just three days.
The attacking power of Wolves when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Wolverhampton Wanderers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other previously this season: Wolverhampton Wanderers - Leicester City 0-4. Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Leicester, four draws and two wins for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Barnes 10 goals |  J. Maddison 9 goals |   D. Castelo Podence 6 goals |
Leicester City missing players
Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players
| Leicester City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 41 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 55 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 42 |
| 97% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | 94% |
| 77% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 87% | 68% |
| 61% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 39% |
| 35% | 33% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 16% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 52% | 40% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 39% |
| 19% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 7% | 29% |
| 32% | 47% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 39% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 10.9 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 35% | 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 25% | 23% |
| 14.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
- Leicester City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 50 | 70 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 49 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 44 |
| 9 | Brentford | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | -28 | 33 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -15 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 27 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -29 | 23 |
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